Sunday, January 4, 2015

The mind works in strange ways


                                                                                                      Attribution: Kirk
Image: Tiggy the Talking Cat (here)

The Joseph’s Star is a non-rhyming 8-line poem with
a syllable count of 1/3/5/7/7/5/3/1.  Each stanza is
center-aligned so that the finished poem is diamond-shaped.


Touch
you will be 
sorry. Talk you will
be damned. It is a Hobson's 
choice that stifles the muddled
The mind works in strange
ways so just
blink

For Jen's hosting at Mindlovemisery's
Menagerie with Joseph's Star and Mary's
hosting at Poets United's Poetry Pantry #233
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18 comments:

  1. brudbergJanuary 4, 2015 at 12:34 AM

    There are moments when we just can do the right thing.. Or?

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 4, 2015 at 12:54 AM

    A catch-22, right? ;)

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  3. C.S.HJanuary 4, 2015 at 4:04 AM

    very interesting! But, if we blink we might miss something :)

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  4. totomaiJanuary 4, 2015 at 4:18 AM

    a way of saying ignore those to be ignored. interesting form.

    happy new year Hank.

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  5. SusanJanuary 4, 2015 at 4:51 AM

    LOVE! I am sitting here blinking. A perfect poem. And thanks for introducing me to ""a Hobson's choice"!

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  6. MiskyJanuary 4, 2015 at 5:34 AM

    You're the star of wisdom!

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  7. Alex J. CavanaughJanuary 4, 2015 at 5:38 AM

    I blinked!

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  8. Pat HattJanuary 4, 2015 at 6:20 AM

    Screwed either way, the cat always wins haha

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  9. Holy Ghost WriterJanuary 4, 2015 at 8:12 AM

    Does one dare

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  10. TruedessaJanuary 4, 2015 at 9:13 AM

    interesting form and I have to wonder as the mind muddles. Perhaps, I should just blink.

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  11. Myrna R.January 4, 2015 at 9:37 AM

    Nice. I've never tried this form and admire that you not only wrote in this form, but the poem left me thinking. I had to look up Hobson's choice. I think life presents us with many and we may as well blink, make the choice and go forward.

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  12. AnonymousJanuary 4, 2015 at 10:30 AM

    Brilliant and very thought-provoking!

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  13. Gillena CoxJanuary 4, 2015 at 10:46 AM

    Mysterious and alluring!!!

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    much love...

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  14. Sherry Blue SkyJanuary 4, 2015 at 11:25 AM

    An interesting form. I love the combination of photo and words....perfect!

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  15. ZQJanuary 4, 2015 at 5:26 PM

    regardless of the mechanics this piece is well done.
    ZQ

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  16. Balqis DBJJanuary 5, 2015 at 5:29 AM

    Good form. Nicely done. :)

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  17. Arathi HariharJanuary 5, 2015 at 10:09 AM

    Happy New Year Hank...that's an interesting form...very beautifully done..

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  18. Gen Giggles January 5, 2015 at 6:33 PM

    Well written, I disagree though. Don't blink.

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